Master's Thesis

The master's thesis is a comprehensive piece of academic work that makes up a significant part of your academic achievements in the Master of Education programme. A clever choice of topic and method for the thesis will not only enable you to engage with your chosen specialisation in a motivated way. It also gives you the opportunity to make an important contribution to your professionalisation with regard to the teaching profession. You can be inspired by particularly successful work from previous semesters (see here).

You should observe the following basic guidelines for your thesis:

"The master's thesis is an application-oriented written or artistic/practical examination achievement with which the candidate should demonstrate that he or she is able to independently work on a problem from the areas of learning covered in the degree programme using scientific methods within a specified time and present the results appropriately." (MEd-PO-R § 2 (6))

In the various Master's degree programmes, the thesis can be completed in the following areas:

MEd Vocational Schools

• in subject science/didactics of the general education subject
• in subject science/didactics of the vocational specialisation
• in the educational sciences (incl. vocational education)
• in connection with several of the above-mentioned subject areas

MEd Special Needs Pedagogy

• on a special educational topic

MEd primary schools

• in subject science/didactics of a basic subject (German, Mathematics, Social Studies and Science)
• in subject science/didactics of the specialisation subject (minor of the Bachelor's degree programme)
• in the educational sciences
• in combination with several of the above-mentioned subject areas

MEd secondary schools

• in subject science/didactics of one of the two teaching subjects
• in the educational sciences
• in combination of several of the above subject areas

Further explanations can be found in the applicable study and examination regulations.

To the examination regulations